AM LRN Newscall Feb 16

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A new Facebook option allows users to designate a friend or family member to oversee their account upon their death. Eric Gill reports…

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State health officials say the flu bug is starting to slow down. Scott Carwile has the story…

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CC’s and Raising Cane’s, two prominent Louisiana-born businesses, made the 2014 Top 10 Excellent Fast-Food Chains list. Michelle Southern reports…:

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A new Facebook option allows users to designate a friend or family member to oversee their account upon their death. Facebook’s Legacy Contact feature lets users choose someone to manage their account after they die. Jensen Moore, with LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication says she can’t believe it’s taken them this long to come up with this policy…

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If you don’t want your Facebook page to continue on, you can opt for it to be deleted upon your death. Moore says this Legacy Contact feature can alleviate a lot potential conflict…

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You can set your Legacy Contact in the Security Settings page on your Facebook account. Moore says you may want to go through your Facebook pics because those photos will become an eternal remembrance of you. Moore says there are limitations on what your Legacy Contact can do to your page after you die…

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It appears the peak of the flu season is behind us, but health officials say we can’t let our guard down. Doctor Frank Welch, with the state department of health and hospitals, says during the height of the flu season, about eight out of every 100 doctor or hospital visit was for the flu, now that ratio is down to five out of every 100

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Welch says it’s still not too late to get a flu shot and also practice proper hygiene…

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Welch estimates over 500-thousand Louisiana residents were hit with the flu bug during this influenza season. He says the elderly have been hit especially hard by the flu….

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CC’s and Raising Cane’s, two prominent Louisiana-born businesses, made the 2014 Top 10 Excellent Fast-Food Chains list. The California based research firm Sandelman & Associates ranked Raising Cane’s number four and CC’s Coffee House number six in the Quick-Track Awards of Excellence for quick service chains. Celton Hayden is the President of CC’s…:

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The study asked customers during their most recent visit to quick service chains to rate overall satisfaction on a 5 point scale. Other categories included taste of food, quality of ingredients, variety of menu items and speed of service. Hayden says they know they have the best coffee and the best food, but keeping the brand’s promise is the most important thing…:

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Hayden says they train their employees to be real and passionate about the business. He also says operational excellence has always been their goal and in the 20 years they’ve been in business the bar has continually been set higher and higher…:

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The Bossier Sheriff’s Office is trying to figure out who is creating elaborate websites for schools purporting to be in the parish — but that actually don’t exist. Lt. Bill Davis says there are three websites with pictures of people, biographies of principals and teachers, enrollment information for schools listing Bossier City addresses..:

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Davis says they want to find out who is behind these fake school sites to be sure that nothing illegal is going on. He says they are working with the Louisiana Department of Education to see if the people behind the sites are trying to defraud the federal government or the state via grant dollars…:

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According to its website, Hudson Heights Laboratory Magnet High School is located on Sawgrass Parkway in Bossier City — but there is no such school. Davis says they also found fake websites for East Lockwood New Tech High School and Walker J Marshall Performing Arts Academy all saying they are in Bossier Parish…:

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